PubMed · 1973 · 20 citations · 1 references
MedicineOrthopaedic SurgerySurgeryAesthetic SurgeryReconstructive SurgerySpine SurgeryPediatric ScoliosisPediatric Spine DeformityPediatric Spine SurgerySpinal DeformityThoracic Spine SurgeryPediatric Scoliosis SurgeryThoracic Scoliosis Surgery
It is suggested that the operation of partial costectomy is so beneficial psychologically to some young scoliotic patients that it is worth the very small physiological cost demonstrated here in patients who found their hump sufficiently embarrassing to curtail their normal social life.
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